Our design of the revitalization of a part of Žďár nad Sázavou near the city centre won the architectural and urban design competition. The locality near the city centre lacks quality public space and appropriate city infrastructure. Our design specifies development of the city infrastructure in respective steps based on the needs of the city and its inhabitants and creates appropriate conditions for housing and new job opportunities. The new urban solution is based on a balanced and open combination of multi-purpose areas including housing, business premises, shops, small scale production and public spaces which will provide job opportunities and new social and cultural activities for adults and children.
The design is an active response to climate change. Building green roofs contributes to consistent rainfall water management - green roofs, which are mostly flat accumulate rain water that is subsequently used for surrounding tree and vegetation watering. So called blue-green-grey systems combine infrastructure for distributing water that can be used for vegetation planting, pedestrian and cycle paths, as well as vehicles. A new square and market hall are designed into the centre of the scheme where a disorganized car park is currently located. Reducing transport in the centre will provide space for vegetation, trees and water features which will help to provide a calm atmosphere. An area in the north of the site will be improved by a new part of the Studentská Street which will be enhanced with a pleasant line of trees along the length of the street. Similarly, Neumannova Street which has acted as the main route to the car park in the west section of the site will be redeveloped and include more greenery. The south part of the site includes a dignified area in front of the cemetery designed as a small square incorporating water features. Revitalization of the locality will also improve the area in front of the primary school and transform it into the quality public place with vegetation and interactive playing elements. The area to the west located in front of a line of shops and services will be complemented with new trees and vegetation revitalizing the area of the “arterial road”.
The newly created public space and multi-functional buildings will provide new apartments and job opportunities for the city. Depending on the demographic requirements, suitable ground floor premises intended for services are planned, which could include a kindergarten, medical practice, fitness centre, travel agency and small-scale non-disturbing manufacturing facility. New business premises and job opportunities will become “anchors” of the area motivating new generations of residents, business people and employees to become involved and support local development. The combination of new and revitalized buildings - “adaptive re-use”, together with attractive public space will support versatile development of the area and the city as a whole. The main attributes of our plan include the ability of architecture and urban design to continuously adjust to changing needs of the city, its inhabitants and the business sector, together with realistic and economic feasibility of its construction.
Our design aims to encourage active spaces with a variety of public spaces, including shops, services, cultural amenities and facilities for children. These facilities will be integrated within the urban spaces, and will be an essential part of the new street life of the city.
I am the registered architect and university teacher, the working architect lacking theory who thus (occasionally) creates it (on his own); the principal, conceptual architect, visionary, philosophy and sociology adept and planner. I am interested not only in buildings and interiors but also in complex development of localities and settlements, public area and always holistic approach. With thirty years of experience, I am the partner to rely on in any type of project. I am occasional yachter, skier, snowboarder, biker and kick-boxer and a father of four children.I am the registered architect and university teacher, the working architect lacking theory who thus (occasionally) creates it (on his own); the principal, conceptual architect, visionary, philosophy and sociology adept and planner. I am interested not only in buildings and interiors but also in complex development of localities and settlements, public area and always holistic approach. With thirty years of experience, I am the partner to rely on in any type of project. I am occasional yachter, skier, snowboarder, biker and former kick-boxer and a father of four children.
Pavel Hřebecký
I am a copywriter, media planner and very often also a graphic designer responsible for studio publicity, presentation, social media and new website contents. I write articles about our architecture and document our achievements. I sometimes switch from social networks and articles to graphic design and help my colleagues with presentations, portfolio for our clients and design. I joined the studio in 2018 while in last year of my Master degree programme focusing on environmental design and visual communication at the Technical University in Liberec.
I come from Strakonice and I came to Prague mainly to study architecture. During my bachelor studies at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague, large scale became my hobby so I decided to complete my Master programme at the Department of Urbanism. Except for working at the studio I spend almost all my free time playing basketball – as a player and trainer as well. At the studio, I am responsible for public space project within Perla 01 in Ústí nad Orlicí, I participate in preparation of the land use plan for the area of the former sugar factory in Lenešice or public space project for Smíchov City. I was a member of the team that won the competition Potenciál města Žďár nad Sázavou (Potential of Žďár nad Sázavou). These days, I deal with various competitions such as revitalization of the New Road in Náchod or landscaping and urban solution of the park in Holešovice, Prague.
Kseniya Bahdanovich
I am an architect and graphic designer from a small town in Northern Moravia. While I studied at the University I had a chance to spend several years in countries like Japan, Singapore and South Korea, and travel across large part of Southeast Asia. This gave me a chance to work on various projects and broaden my horizons. Foreign experience and working in international teams helped me at MS architekti where I worked on various architectural and urban competitions. I like visual communication and graphic design in general, either 2D or 3D and especially creating visual materials or urban studies. I am always happy to help my colleagues with any computer issues, if they are in need. I have recently started to deal with creating new VR software which can change the method of architecture designing from scratch.
